Quran 39:18 — Az-Zumar, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
who listen to what is said and follow what is best. These are the ones God has guided; these are the people of understanding.
الَّذِينَ يَسْتَمِعُونَ الْقَوْلَ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ أَحْسَنَهُ ۚ أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ هَدَاهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمْ أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
alladhīna yastamiʿūna l-qawla fayattabiʿūna aḥsanahu ulāika alladhīna hadāhumu l-lahu wa-ulāika hum ulū l-albābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who give ear to the Word and follow the fairest of it. Those are they whom God has guided; those -- they are men possessed of minds.
- Muhammad Asad
- who listen [closely] to all that is said, and follow the best of it: [for] it is they whom God has graced with His guidance, and it is they who are [truly] endowed with insight!
- Sahih International
- Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allāh has guided, and those are people of understanding.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | يَسْتَمِعُونَyastamiʿūna | they listen (to) | سمع |
| 3 | ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla | the Word | قول |
| 4 | فَيَتَّبِعُونَfayattabiʿūna | then follow | تبع |
| 5 | أَحْسَنَهُۥٓ ۚaḥsanahu | the best thereof | حسن |
| 6 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | those | — |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) they whom | — |
| 8 | هَدَىٰهُمُhadāhumu | Allah has guided them | هدي |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | Allah has guided them | أله |
| 10 | وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāika | and those | — |
| 11 | هُمْhum | are [they] | — |
| 12 | أُو۟لُوا۟ulū | the men of understanding | أول |
| 13 | ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi | the men of understanding | لبب |